Morley, Jacqueline.

You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder! : a hazardous job you'd rather not have / Pyramid builder! written by Jacqueline Morley ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya. - A Franklin Watts Library ed. - New York : Franklin Watts, 2004. - 32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Scraping a living -- Officials, officials -- Pulling your weight -- Sent to the quarries -- Skilled stuff, masons at work -- Scribes, scribes, scribes -- Carvers and painters -- Home comforts -- Staying on the right side of the gods -- Off-color days -- Wrapping up the pharaoh -- The pyramid is finished!

Describes the construction of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, the life and various jobs of the workers, and the burial of the pharaoh.

0531123510 (lib. bdg.) 0531163962 (pbk.)

2003065793


Pyramids--Design and construction--Egypt--Juvenile literature.
Unskilled labor--Egypt--Juvenile literature.
Pyramids--Egypt.


Egypt--Social life and customs--To 332 B.C.--Juvenile literature.
Egypt--Social life and customs--To 332 B.C.

DT63 / .M674 2004